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I Had a Dream of That Girl

2020 · 1 season

A wry, gently surreal half-hour comedy where everyday irritations dissolve into playful fantasy, inviting you to drift along with a writer's imagination.

Created by
Yûka Eda, Hana Matsumoto
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Taiga Nakano, Hiroto Kanai, Naruki Matsukawa
Tagline
Ano ko no Yume wo Mitan Desu
Overview
Comedian Yamasato Ryota (Nakano Taiga) enters a cafe in order to prepare a story. Trivial incidents unfold there with the staff, TV people, the manager, and a handsome office worker. Little things bother them, and Yamasato's annoyance reaches its limit. He pulls up his glasses, opens his notebook and begins to write a story featuring a real-life actress in his notebook. For Yamasato, escaping reality is a "dream time" where he can forget the bad things. This is the start of Ryota Yamazato's fantasy story with the latest actresses and idols as the heroines!

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Created by
Yûka Eda, Hana Matsumoto
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Taiga Nakano, Hiroto Kanai, Naruki Matsukawa
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • celebrity
  • identity
  • media
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Genres
mystery, drama, comedy
Created by
Yûka Eda, Hana Matsumoto, Natsuki Seta, Akiko Ohku
Written by
Yuji Nomura, Manbō yashiro, Kisa Miura, Yosuke Masaike
Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 30 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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